Engineering Lead (Cryptography lab)) in England

LOCATION Leeds, Edinburgh, Bristol

HOURS Full‑time – 35 hours

WORKING PATTERN Hybrid working: at least two days per week, or 40% of time, at one of our office sites. Employees with disabilities can receive workplace adjustments that align with our Flexibility Works policy.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING You will lead the engineering capability for Key Management services within the Chief Security Office’s Cryptography Lab, taking accountability for their end‑to‑end operational health, reliability and ongoing improvement. You’ll provide leadership and direction to a team of engineers, ensuring services are designed, built and operated in line with security policy, regulatory expectations and audit requirements. Working closely with Product Owners, Risk, Compliance and Audit stakeholders, you’ll drive improvements in engineering effectiveness, service resilience and delivery predictability, while maintaining strong control discipline across cryptographic operations and ceremonies such as HSM lifecycle management.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Senior engineering leadership experience with accountability for delivery and operational outcomes
• Strong understanding of Key Management concepts, cryptographic controls and km operating models
• Experience leading the evolution of enterprise key management services, embedding crypto‑agility principles and modern DevOps engineering practices to ensure scalable, secure and adaptable cryptographic controls.
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, including coaching and performance management
• Solid grounding in modern engineering practices and applying them pragmatically in high‑risk, regulated environments
• Ability to work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders, contributing to prioritisation and trade‑off decisions
• Experience ensuring services meet security, regulatory and audit requirements with embedded controls
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, risk and business teams

IDEAL ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience delivering scalable, resilient and highly available platforms across the full lifecycle
• Background in Financial Services, Financial Markets or similarly regulated environments
• Knowledge of cryptographic ceremonies, HSM lifecycle management or related operational practices
• Experience driving engineering maturity, reliability and operational excellence at scale

BENEFITS

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• Range of well‑being initiatives and generous parental leave policies

EEO and Diversity Statement We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can thrive, learn and develop. We offer reasonable adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. We remain committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve.